برهان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ر ه ن (b r h n), interrelated or derived from the roots ب ر ه (b r h) meaning "to make white", "to clear up", "to restore to a state of youth or innocence" and ب ر ء (b r ʔ) meaning "to be free from wrong", "to be absolved from wrongdoing", "to be without blame", "to be innocent".
From Ge'ez ብርሃን (bərhan, “light, brightness”), from በርሀ (bärhä, “to be bright, to be clear”).
From Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩧𐩠𐩬 (brhn, “testimony”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bur.haːn/

Noun

بُرْهَان • (burhān) m (dual بُرْهَانَانِ (burhānāni), plural بَرَاهِين (barāhīn))

proof, evidence
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:111:
  هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
  hātū burhānakum ʔin kuntum ṣādiqīna
  Give your proof, if you are truthful.
a demonstration

Declension

Declension of noun **بُرْهَان** (burhān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْهَان burhān	الْبُرْهَان al-burhān	بُرْهَان burhān
nominative	بُرْهَانٌ burhānun	الْبُرْهَانُ al-burhānu	بُرْهَانُ burhānu
accusative	بُرْهَانًا burhānan	الْبُرْهَانَ al-burhāna	بُرْهَانَ burhāna
genitive	بُرْهَانٍ burhānin	الْبُرْهَانِ al-burhāni	بُرْهَانِ burhāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْهَانَيْن burhānayn	الْبُرْهَانَيْن al-burhānayn	بُرْهَانَيْ burhānay
nominative	بُرْهَانَانِ burhānāni	الْبُرْهَانَانِ al-burhānāni	بُرْهَانَا burhānā
accusative	بُرْهَانَيْنِ burhānayni	الْبُرْهَانَيْنِ al-burhānayni	بُرْهَانَيْ burhānay
genitive	بُرْهَانَيْنِ burhānayni	الْبُرْهَانَيْنِ al-burhānayni	بُرْهَانَيْ burhānay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَاهِين barāhīn	الْبَرَاهِين al-barāhīn	بَرَاهِين barāhīn
nominative	بَرَاهِينُ barāhīnu	الْبَرَاهِينُ al-barāhīnu	بَرَاهِينُ barāhīnu
accusative	بَرَاهِينَ barāhīna	الْبَرَاهِينَ al-barāhīna	بَرَاهِينَ barāhīna
genitive	بَرَاهِينَ barāhīna	الْبَرَاهِينِ al-barāhīni	بَرَاهِينِ barāhīni

Proper noun

بُرْهَان • (burhān) m

a male given name, Burhan
an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Declension

Declension of noun **بُرْهَان** (burhān)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	بُرْهَان burhān	—
nominative	—	بُرْهَانُ burhānu	—
accusative	—	بُرْهَانَ burhāna	—
genitive	—	بُرْهَانَ burhāna	—

Related terms

بَرْهَنَ (barhana)
بَرِئَ (bariʔa)

References

Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 77–78
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “برهان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate. ; pages 196-197 for "بره" & "برهن", pages 178-180 for "برأ".
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 103–104
Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 58–59